Niger

Terrorists gun down 13 vigilantes, abduct 30 in Niger

Terrorists gun down 13 vigilantes, abduct 30 in Niger No fewer than 13 members of the vigilante corps have been…

1 year ago

Scores killed, many abducted in fresh bandit attack on Niger communities

Scores killed, many abducted in fresh bandit attack on Niger communities An unspecified number of people have been feared killed…

1 year ago

Seven communities in Niger deserted over frequent gunmen attacks

Residents of about seven communities in the Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State have fled their homes following incessant…

1 year ago

Bandits execute 5 kidnap victims after ransom deadline passes in Niger

After spending two weeks in captivity, five of the over 60 victims abducted from Adunu in Kafin-Koro district of Paikoro…

1 year ago

Tinubu wins 20 of 25 LGs in Niger State

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has defeated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic…

1 year ago

Naira crisis: Niger also heads for Supreme Court

Another state government, Niger, has sued the Federal Government over the deadline given to bank customers to change their old…

1 year ago

Reverend Isaac Archi’s death: Niger boils as angry youths set police station ablaze

With barely three days after Reverend Isaac Archi of the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Kafin Koro Deanery was…

1 year ago

Police neutralise armed bandits in Niger during gun battle

Four armed bandits have been killed by men of the Niger State Police Command in Borgu and Magama Local Government…

1 year ago

Buhari approves 400 armoured vehicles for FCT, Nasarawa, Niger

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the procurement of 400 armoured vehicles for Brigade Guards to secure the Federal Capital Territory,…

2 years ago

Three killed as military helicopter crashes in Niger Republic

A Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight on Boxing Day, killing three people. Reuters reported…

2 years ago